Nonstop flight route between Sal Island, Cape Verde and Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID), Sal Island, Cape Verde and Sachs Harbour (David Nasogaluak Jr. Saaryuaq) Airport (YSY), Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,377 miles (or 8,653 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Amílcar Cabral International Airport and Sachs Harbour (David Nasogaluak Jr. Saaryuaq) Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Amílcar Cabral International Airport and Sachs Harbour (David Nasogaluak Jr. Saaryuaq) Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID):

• Between 1960 and 1967 Sal was a stop of the Voo da amizade, a dedicated service between Brazil and Portugal.
• Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) has 2 runways.
• Amílcar Cabral International Airport handled 576 passengers last year.
• The closest airport to Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) is Aristides Pereira International Airport (BVC), which is located 42 miles (68 kilometers) S of SID.
• The head office of Halcyonair is located in the first floor of the Concourse Hall.
• Amílcar Cabral International Airport, also known as Sal International Airport or Amílcar Cabral Airport, is the principal international airport of Cape Verde.
• The furthest airport from Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) is Bellona/Anua Airport (BNY), which is nearly antipodal to Amílcar Cabral International Airport (meaning Amílcar Cabral International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Bellona/Anua Airport), and is located 12,018 miles (19,341 kilometers) away in Anua, Bellona Island, Solomon Islands.
• In addition to being known as "Amílcar Cabral International Airport", another name for SID is "Aeroporto Internacional Amílcar Cabral".
• Because of Amílcar Cabral International Airport's relatively low elevation of 177 feet, planes can take off or land at Amílcar Cabral International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.

Facts about Sachs Harbour (David Nasogaluak Jr. Saaryuaq) Airport (YSY):

• Sachs Harbour (David Nasogaluak Jr. Saaryuaq) Airport (YSY) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Sachs Harbour (David Nasogaluak Jr. Saaryuaq) Airport (YSY) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 9,780 miles (15,739 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.
• Because of Sachs Harbour (David Nasogaluak Jr. Saaryuaq) Airport's relatively low elevation of 283 feet, planes can take off or land at Sachs Harbour (David Nasogaluak Jr. Saaryuaq) Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The closest airport to Sachs Harbour (David Nasogaluak Jr. Saaryuaq) Airport (YSY) is Paulatuk (Nora Aliqatchialuk Ruben) Airport (YPC), which is located 184 miles (296 kilometers) S of YSY.